Landmark speeches of National Socialism
By: edited and with translations by Randall L. Bytwerk.
Contributors: Bytwerk, Randall L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Landmark speeches
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781603440141; 9781603440158
Subjects: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- History -- Sources; Nazi propaganda; Speeches, addresses, etc., German; National socialism -- History -- Sources; Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Description: "Because such evil lay at the heart of the National Socialist movement, its overwhelming rhetoric has often led to its negative characterization as propaganda. As Randall Bytwerk points out, however, that association was anything but negative in the minds of the leaders of the National Socialist movement. In their view, the clear, simplistic, and even one-sided presentation of information was necessary to effectively mobilize all elements of the German population to the National Socialist program." "Gathered here are thirteen of the key speeches of this historically significant movement, including Hitler's announcement of the party's reestablishment in 1925 following the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch, four addresses by Joseph Goebbels, the 1938 Kristallnacht speech by Julius Streicher, and four speeches drafted as models for party leaders' use on various public occasions." "Landmark Speeches of National Socialism is an important volume for students of rhetoric, World War II, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust."--Jacket.
Notes: Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references index.
Table of contents: title: The magic force of the spoken word; title: Adolf Hitler : reestablishing the National Socialist German Workers Party, 27 February 1925; title: Joseph Goebbels : "the storm is coming," 9 July 1932; title: Joseph Goebbels : propaganda and public enlightenment, 6 September 1934; title: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink : duties and tasks of the woman in the National Socialist state, October 1936; title: Gerhard Wagner : race and population policy, 11 September 1936; title: Joseph Goebbels : "our Hitler," 19 April 1937; title: Julius Streicher : speech after "The night of broken glass," 10 November 1938; title: Adolf Hitler : to the old guard in Munich, 8 November 1941; title: Joseph Goebbels : "total war," 18 February 1943; title: Model speeches for Nazi leaders, 1944-1945; title: Adolf Hitler : Adolf Hitler's last speech, 30 January 1945.